Lot 770
Pulp Magazine Collection. An outstanding collection of 178 pulp magazines. Titles include: Daredevil Aces, Ace High Detective, Romantic Detective, South Sea Stories, Golden Fleece Historical Adventure, Saucy Detective and many more! Dates range from 1935-1940. Each of the magazines is in a protective sleeve. Conditions range from poor to very good, with the majority in good condition.
Pulp magazines steadily gained popularity in the first half of the 20th century, providing sex, adventure, science fiction, mystery and, most of all, escape from daily worries. "I Was a Strip-Tease Girl", "One Vote for the Corpse", "Death Paints the Sky", "Angel Without Wings", "Homicide Honeymoon" and "The Sea Drinks Blood" are just a few of the hundreds of stories featured in the magazines offered here. The delightfully lurid cover art was another selling point and provided scintillating glimpses of the seamy underbelly of a deviant society. Happily, this sampling lives up to the aforementioned tawdry promises. Notable in this collection are the only two published issues of Real Mystery Magazine..
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
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| Realized $7,475 |
